Re: Heroes of Fiction: Design Thread
 

A little wonky wording, since unengaged means that it is not adjacent to any attacking figure. Also, it allows it to be shot by a normal attack if it is engaged with a different figure. Is that what you meant?

Re: Heroes of Fiction: Design Thread
 

Yes. If one of my troops is getting his head bitten off by the Rabbit, my other troops should be able to take a shot at it. King Arthur foolishly kept his other soldiers out of the battle with the Rabbit, preferring to save them for the final confrontation with the Taunting French. Had there been an archer or two at the cave, the Holy Hand Grenade may have been unnecessary. :D This also addresses the area of effect specials.


BTW, the original wording allowed for a non-adjacent figure to attack an engaged Rabbit as well:
Therefore, if the Rabbit is engaged, a non-adjacent figure can attack it.

Re: Heroes of Fiction: Design Thread
 

Sounds good to me. I also like the idea of Engagement Strike 8.

Re: Heroes of Fiction: Design Thread
 

I still want What, Behind the Rabbit? to allow a figure that began it's turn adjacent to the Rabbit to run away and shoot it, so I'd like to keep the "unless the attacking figure began it's turn adjacent to the Rabbit" in there. That's why I made Terratorial prevent leaving engagement attacks.

However, it seems perfectly within the theme of both the unit and the power to give it a version of Engagement Strike with it. Maybe just add this to the end of Terratorial - "When an opponent's small or medium figure moves adjacent to the Rabbit, roll the 20-sided die. If you roll 8-19, that figure receives 1 wound. If you roll a 20, that figure is destroyed.

Re: Heroes of Fiction: Design Thread
 

I really like that. :twisted:

Re: Heroes of Fiction: Design Thread
 

What is the theme behind this?

Re: Heroes of Fiction: Design Thread
 

The Knights engaged the Rabbit, couldn't kill it, yelled "Run Away!!!", and then threw a grenade at it. The Rabbit didn't chase them.

I want Heroscape figures to be able to engage it, fail, and then run away and shoot it without being attacked as they leave.

Re: Heroes of Fiction: Design Thread
 

what if on territorial 8-18=1 wound
19= the rabbit gets a free attack on each hostile adjacent figure and 20 destroys the offending figure and the rabbit moves into it's space

Re: Heroes of Fiction: Design Thread
 

Welcome, Neo. Thanks for posting your suggestion. There is one flaw with your power, though. Figures do not take attacks when it is not their turn. It creates looping and possible strings events in the middle of an opponent's turn someone else's turn. It's why you see so many unblockable attack dice being rolled instead of an attack on a defensive power.

Re: Heroes of Fiction: Design Thread
 

Okay. I see what you're trying to do now. It feels a bit odd, though. Maybe we can create a Holy Hand Grenade Equipment Glyph that would bypass Special Powers? This way you don't need to restriction of allowing a figure to attack the rabbit from range only if they were engaged previously in the turn.

Re: Heroes of Fiction: Design Thread
 

I can see this being a case where a glyph/unit combo is in order. The glyph should read, "Thou shalt count to 3, not going on to 4 . 5 is right out! Nor goest thou to 2, save to proceedeth directly to 3. Chooseth thou a figure in 3 clear sight spaces, and rolleth thou 5 attack dice against it."

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:rofl: